Joey comes from a sacred part of townWhere sometimes you talk so toughThat your feet don't touch the groundAnd the sidewalk soldiers sing the midnight bluesWhile the old men recite their story linesAbout when I was young like youThey say: Oh yeahWe were cruising to the back beatOh yeah, Making love in the backseatsWe were wild, wild in the streets

A member of the boy's brigadeHad a date with the girl next doorYou know it made her daddy crazyBut it only made her want him moreThey weren't looking for troubleYou know that boy didn't want a fight, not tonightSo she headed out thru her bathroom windowWhat her daddy didn't know was gonna be alrightThey said: Oh yeahWe were cruising to the backbeatOh yeah, Making love in the backseatsWe were wild, wild in the streetsWild, wild in the streetsWild, wild in the streetsWild, wild in the streets

Sometimes this town ain't prettyBut you know it ain't so badJust like a girl who looks so happyWhen inside she's so so sadIn here we got this code of honorNobody's going downYou don't walk in vainTrough the kid's parade'Cause this is my hometown